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Clearing A Blocked Dialysis Access Site

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 36904

This procedure removes a blood clot that is blocking a permanent dialysis access site, such as a fistula or graft, so that dialysis can continue safely. It's done by threading thin instruments through the skin into the blood vessel, guided by live imaging, and may include injecting a clot-dissolving medication directly at the site. The goal is to restore blood flow through the access without open surgery.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Clearing A Blocked Dialysis Access Site cost?

$4,933

Typical total for the visit. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,933 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,622 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,622$513 to $2,455
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$1,549 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $891 to $9,772Professionalmedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $427 to $2,692
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,311professional $1,622

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$12,302.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$3,019.95
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,548.13

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 6.6 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Louisiana· 39th of 50

$4,933

$1,622 physician + $3,311 facility

IN $17,536WV $2,671

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.